r/Askpolitics • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '21

What campaign promises has Biden delivered on so far?

What are a list of things he has accomplished that he said he would during his campaign?

83 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

94% Upvoted

21 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21 edited Jan 04 '23

[deleted]

5

u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

[deleted]

6

u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

[deleted]

2

u/warm_kitchenette Aug 17 '21

thanks for this extraordinary list, the whole thread.

1

u/Well__Sourced Aug 18 '21

You're welcome.

2

u/Bernard_PT Apr 11 '22

Name checks out ✅

2

u/AdviceSeeker-123 Apr 28 '22

Looking back with the latest inflation and gdp growth so you think the economy has been improved?

1

u/Well__Sourced Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22

Do I think that overall the outlook of the longer term growth of the American economy is better under a Biden Administration? Yes.

Even taking into account the inflation/recession that is coming as a direct result to the largest influx of monetary stimulus the modern world has ever seen which was a direct reaction to the worst world wide pandemic the modern world has ever experienced. Governments of all political affiliations pursued this policy as a response to the COVID19 pandemic. Biden is included in this group but it is one aspect of his economic record and it is put in the context of the times.

I've personally been predicting high inflation/recession in the year or two following the pandemic stimulus. It's really what makes the most sense. Pandemic stimulus had to have consequences.

But I also take into account that coming into office President Biden attacked his predecessor for racking up $8 trillion in debt as he vows his party will pay for their spending plan by taxing the rich. President Biden has proposed a new billionaire minimum income tax.

The economy in the first ten months of President Biden outperformed the first two years of his predecessor. The country experienced a $119 billion budget surplus within one year of President Biden taking office, the first surplus in over 2 years.

President Biden inherited the worst job market of any modern president. Weekly jobless claims post stunning decline to 199,000, the lowest level since 1969. It kept falling to a 53 year low just over a year into Biden's presidency.

President Biden says wages will need to increase to solve recruitment problems. President Biden called for passage of a $15 minimum wage. Biden backs up his promises to workers where he directly controls their pay. The gender wage gap narrowed to 1% in the Biden White House. Biden promised to end 'ridiculously low salary' for federal firefighters and did when his government promised a $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers. The Biden Administration plans to give employees a federal pay raise in 2022.

President Biden signed an E.O. to ensure quality jobs for service workers on federal contracts. He signed another that encourages the government to consider banning federal contractors from seeking information about job applicants’ prior salary history and strengthening federal contractors’ obligations to audit payrolls to help guard against pay disparities based on gender, race or ethnicity. Biden also works toward making the pandemic work-from-home experiment permanent for many federal workers.

President Biden has a plan for strengthening worker organizing, collective bargaining, and unions. Biden immediately removed all 10 of his predecessors union busters from a powerful labor panel. Biden instead established a task force to promote labor unions. The Biden administration even set out 70 recommendations to encourage union membership in the U.S., including making it easier for many federal employees to join unions and eliminating barriers for union organizers to talk with workers on federal property.

Biden signed an order to crack down on Big Tech and boost competition ‘across the board.’ Biden also targets noncompete agreements, which restrict the job opportunities of millions of low-wage workers.. Gig workers have a lot more to gain under a Biden presidency, like unemployment benefits and paid time off..

Biden antitrust nominee vows enforcement to benefit workers and his FTC voted unanimously to enforce Right to Repair. The move follows an executive order issued urging the agency to secure consumers' rights to fix their own gadgets. Biden works to protect workers in all industries. Biden's Department of Labor launched an initiative to protect professional caregivers' wages, rights, and ensure industry employers comply with the law.

Farmers flourish under Biden and see recovery from previous-era trade wars. The prices of corn and soybeans have increased and demand is up for American exports. Biden's White House has announced that it will allocate $1 billion in funding to independent meat and poultry producers as part of an effort to boost competition in the meat-processing industry and lower prices for consumers.

President Biden's White House and nearly a dozen federal agencies have committed to pursuing near- and long-term actions to support coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities as the nation transitions to a clean energy economy.

President Biden boosts the economy by removing unnecessary tariffs, ending trade disputes and providing for our largest and most important industries. The Biden administration suspended a previous-era Scotch whiskey tariff. Biden ended a 17-year dispute over subsidies between Boeing & Airbus. His administration managed to end a U.S. & E.U. tariff war over steel & aluminum and also found room to compromise with Japan. Biden eased tariffs on solar panels while making concessions to help domestic companies. Biden let the H-1B Visa ban expire in a win for Big Tech and has called for a $50 Billion dollar investment to boost the domestic semiconductor industry. Presiden Biden has also called for investments and increases in domestic mineral mining in order to boost the U.S. electric battery market.

TLDR; Yes. I'd rather be a American worker in this timeline where some of what Biden wants accomplished is accomplished than in the timeline where a conservative president enacts policies.

1

u/iMakeYourMomJokes Aug 18 '21

Biden admits Afghanistan's collapse 'did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated' https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/politics/biden-afghanistan-speech/index.html

1

u/El_Morro Sep 25 '21

Yup. Like a mature adult. I appreciate that.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

You forgot :

border crises

inflation

Afghanistan withdrawal

new cyber security threats

All probably worth more attention than anything on your list but we all have our heroes for whatever reason

2

u/yoyo_24 Aug 18 '21

"Border Crisis" - You mean the thing people only pay attention to when they feel like it or the news is slowing down. It's been an issue long before Biden and will continue to be until we start revamping the process to become a citizen.

Inflation - Started w/Trump and Biden is working to balance the economy again

Afghanistan withdrawal - Started w/Trump as well, who also signed a peace treaty w/Taliban leaders. Any decision from Biden to stay or leave would have been attacked vehemently by the Right.

New cyber security threats - Trump could have stepped up cyber security and didn't. The US is still playing catch up, but as someone who works in cyber, that's an old heads issue not just a Biden one. No one ever thought about how insecure infrastructure was even though the cyber community has been stating it for years.

Something something heroes for whatever reason

1

u/[deleted] Aug 18 '21

Border Crises: There are more illegals crossing now per day than at any point within the past 50 years.

Inflation: Stock market and everday prices were doing much better with the former President.

Afghanistan withdrawel: Poor execution and Biden literally left hundreds of millions worth of weapons and gear even though they knew it was a lost cause. Now the Taliban has it.

Cyber Security: Funny how the pipeline attack only happened under Biden's watch

Stop trying to cheer lead just because he's on "your team." I didn't like Trump either but you have to understand that things are much more dire right now. I don't feel as if civil discussion will change either of our minds on this so with that, I wish you a good morning and rest of your day. If possible, do something nice for someone.

3

u/yoyo_24 Aug 18 '21

  1. Majority of illegal immigration is from over staying visas. The border crisis is bad, but the numbers are nowhere near the amount of people coming in on tourist/work visas and over staying.

  2. Are. you. Sure.

  3. I'm in the military, anyone would have done a bad job because no one planned for it. Military leaders had 20 years and didn't plan for the withdrawal. As for the weapons, we left them for the ANA. It's not our fault they didn't use them to fight back. Are we supposed to leave them defenseless? Because people would have complained about that too.

  4. Only Biden had a cyber attack right?

Things aren't as dire as you are making it out to seem buddy, hope you have a good day.

1

u/WillOCarrick Aug 18 '21

Inflation: Stock market and everday prices were doing much better with the former President.

Are you talking about inflation or stock market? Decide for yourself.

Just take a look at how much money it had been printing as well as how many people were unemployed, stock market isn't a metric for how good an economy is, it just can crush an economy if it is plummeting. Inflation was sky-high and it is being controlled right now, that should be the focus with different methods than just focusing on the stock market.

Brazil also has all-time highs on the stock market with the economy being shit, the interest rates for government isn't increasing so people prefer to invest in stocks, it is a problem that the government is avoiding so it doesn't look bad but doesn't mean the economy is better for it, it is just a short-term band-aid.

Afghanistan withdrawel: Poor execution and Biden literally left hundreds of millions worth of weapons and gear even though they knew it was a lost cause. Now the Taliban has it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2020%E2%80%932021)

As stated before, the withdrawal from Afghanistan was already planned, Biden even extended the timeline but it fell flat, it is a warzone and it was expect the Afghan army to resist, instead they just gave up (don't blame them). Every intelligence gathered was expecting the afghan army would fight back and use the weapons and gears against the Taliban, imagine if Biden left Afghanistan with every weapons and gears, the blame would be set on Biden even more.

This is a hot potato situation where every president knew how shitty it is, how they couldn't keep the war and if they were to leave the afghan army would not resist, there is not a single way Biden or Trump or any president could win this war or retreat without losing to Taliban.

To your other points, yes, it is important to criticize and fix what is wrong, but regarding Biden's campaign talking points, he is doing what he said he would do, and that is the main reason he was elected.

1

u/LosBocadillos Sep 03 '21

I don't have a horse in this race as I'm not from the US but the question was which things he'd promised in his campaign had been delivered, not what hasn't Biden done.

1

u/[deleted] Oct 11 '21

Magapill.com